[documentation] Open editing/limiting creation?

[Shai Gluskin]

Addi and documentors,

+1

I really like the idea of creating a "New pages" book and restricting
"filing" to site maintainers and docs team members.

In addition to those nodes being instantly published, searchable and easily
accessible to their authors  before they are "filed" --- is the new site
planning on any tagging goodness?  Tags could also have the affect of making
this data more easily findable.

Shai

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Addison Berry <drupal at rocktreesky.com>wrote:

> So before our meeting (http://groups.drupal.org/node/163430 I wanted
> to toss out my impressions and thoughts about the open editing trial
> we are running. First, I want to say that I think it is going pretty
> well. There was an initial "rush" after we announced and a number of
> folks were just testing things out. That seems to have died down and
> typically the edits I am seeing are good, helpful edits. I've not seen
> anything spammy or purposely "vandalized" myself. Definitely more
> edits overall and some of them need a little cleanup or guidance, but
> that is no more than we get from new team members honestly. So,
> overall I'd say that we should keep going with the open editing. We've
> gotten some good help and  fewer test/weirdness/spam with it (so far)
> than we do with new page creation. Which leads me to....
>
> One thing that has kinda bugged me for a while, and has also been
> pointed out by other folks, is that while allowing anyone to create
> new pages definitely adds to the knowledge, we get lots of test pages
> and pages in the "wrong" place. Most people who test often make a
> silly page in the Getting Started guide, which is the worst place for
> cruft. Now, we are definitely moving forward on reorganizing the docs
> (check out the redesign thread, http://groups.drupal.org/node/15965).
> Once we figure out what we are doing and the best way to implement,
> I'm inclined to keep a bit of a tighter rein on things. Now, I have
> high hopes that the "speed bump" (http://drupal.org/node/307650) will
> eventually get worked out and that will help to a degree and I think
> completely cutting of page creation rights will end up losing some
> valuable docs. Pure moderation also seems a bit too much for us right
> now and people could end up with new content inaccessible for long
> periods.
>
> So, for now, I'm thinking about having a "holding" book. Basically we
> could let people create new pages, but they would not get to choose
> the location and it would go into a new book for this purpose. (We
> would completely restrict the ability to choose a parent for folks
> that edit as well, if they aren't on the docs team, so that people
> don't create, then move.) I guess I'm thinking of a published
> moderation queue. Then doc team and site maintainers could check the
> book regularly, quickly deleting test and spam. We can assess good
> book pages and place them appropriately. While they are "holding" they
> will still be accessible to search and to authors who wish to improve
> the page. Now I haven't thought it all through but I just wanted to
> posit the idea and see what folks think - good, bad, different ideas.
>
>
> - Addi (add1sun)
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